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Center for Diagnostic Imaging &
Insight Imaging (CDI)
As one of the nation’s first outpatient imaging providers, Center for Diagnostic Imaging & Insight Imaging offer the community the best in outpatient medical imaging, pain management services and vascular care close to home.
We focus on providing each patient with compassionate and convenient care with accurate results for a timely diagnosis. Our goal is to provide the finest in imaging services – the right procedure, at the right time, for each individual patient. “Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) has a long-standing commitment to patient safety. When it comes to minimizing patient exposure to ionizing radiation, our goal is always to provide the highest quality diagnostic images with the least amount of radiation possible for each patient” said Kurt Schellhas, M.D., National Medical Director, CDI. “Our team has many safeguards in place to ensure patient safety within our centers. The fact that every CDI center with CT in Minnesota is participating in the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Dose Index Registry (DIR) and has taken the Image Wisely pledge reaffirms our commitment to minimize and manage radiation dose for our patients. It also makes CDI and Insight Imaging one of the largest providers participating in the ACR DIR program both locally and nationally.” All of the Minnesota CDI locations that offer CT imaging are dedicated to “Image Wisely” including: Alexandria, Burnsville, Coon Rapids, Eden Prairie, Maple Grove, Maplewood, Minnetonka, Mendota Heights, St. Cloud, St. Louis Park, West St. Paul, Willmar and Woodbury.
Image Wisely
The American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America formed the Joint Task Force on Adult Radiation Protection to address concerns about the surge of public exposure to ionizing radiation from medical imaging. The Joint Task Force collaborated with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists to create the Image Wisely campaign with the objective of lowering the amount of radiation used in medically necessary imaging studies and eliminating unnecessary procedures.
Image Gently
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging – the Image Gently Alliance, is a coalition of health care organizations dedicated to providing safe, high quality pediatric imaging nationwide. The primary objective is to raise awareness in the imaging community of the need to adjust radiation dose when imaging children.
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Statewide campaign promotes optimal use of medical imaging
